US EditionAlberta government pauses ban on school library books with sex content
The directive to remove over 200 books, including classics, was paused after criticism of its broad scope; revisions aim to focus on graphic sexual images only.
- Alberta's Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides directed school boards to pause the order to remove books with explicit sexual content from libraries.
- The pause is effective until further notice, with more information promised soon.
- Alberta Education requires that some books be removed from library shelves by October 1.
- Nicolaides stated that this policy is not a book ban and aims for age-appropriate material standards.
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In the Canadian province of Alberta, school libraries decided to remove books with "solved sexual content," under pressure from two community organizations that position themselves as advocates of parental rights, Action4Canada and Parents for Choice in Education (PCE). According to The Guardian, such organizations have already become a powerful lobbyist in the United States and are gaining influence in Canada; these are legal-conservative group…
Writer Margaret Atwood responded to the decision of a school administration from Alberta to withdraw his most famous work, "The Handmaid's Tale", which would be very explicit from a sexual point of view. The province's government came back on the decision.
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Alberta rewriting order banning school library books to protect classics: Smith
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government is rewriting an order directing school divisions to ban books with sexually explicit content to ensure classic books stay on library shelves.
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